Nina's advice is good. If you want to practice wiring and styling a very
young Hornbeam is as good a place as any to start. An older tree is very
difficult to wire as the wood is extremely difficult to bend - hence the
name Ironwood that is used in some places. If you get the trunk shaped
while it is young and then grow it on for a few years, you will
eventually get a much better shaped specimen than any of the dead
straight plants that generally tend to grow in nature.
The aluminium wire has to be the correct thickness for the branch/trunk
that you want to bend, so I can't advise on its suitability. You should
be able to compare it to wire from web based bonsai shops. Also take a
look at the range of trees on our gallery to get a good idea of how to
wire hornbeam.
Cheers
Kev Bailey
Vale Of Clwyd, North Wales
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From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf
Of slowinskik
Sent: 06 February 2004 10:27
To:
Subject: [IBC] hornbeam
Bonsai Growers,
I would also like to talk with people who have hornbeam and have
experience
in growing it. All the information about feeding, repotting are very
useful
for me. I have been having my tree for 5 months now. Its not formed yet,
i
bought it in a flowershop and I want to form it. How can I start, what
should I do?????????
I want to wire my hornbeam, but i dont have any experience, beside this
gained from reading "Bonsai" by Harry Tomlinson. I live in city where
there
is no shop with professional bonsai equipment. I need to know if wire
from
shops like Prakticer (aluminium) are equal to professioonal ones and if
i
can use it??????. I dont want to hurt my tree. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot,
Beginer
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